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Sawdust Session #3:
September 15, 2007
Topics: Replacing
headstock switches, and introduction to overarm routing, compound cuts
on the band saw, and a useful chemical wood stain.
To view each topic, click on the photos. |
1. Replacing
switches -- Our own Shopsmith fixit guru, Sue Powell,
shows how to replace both the old
toggle switch and the new rocker switch in the Mark V
headstock. |
![](SS103_pics/Switches_s.JPG) |
2. The undiscovered power tool, part 1
-- According to Academy Director Nick Engler, the overarm router is in a class by
itself among tools, with capabilities like no other. The first of
five parts. |
![](SS103_pics/Overarm_router_s.JPG) |
3. Compound cuts -- How to
make three-dimensional shapes on your band saw and scroll saw.
After cutting some animals and abstract objects, we make a tapered
table leg that looks as if it's been created from wooden vines. |
![](SS103_pics/Table_leg_s.JPG) |
4. The most incredibly even wood stain ever
-- An old gunsmiths' trick for darkening gun stocks can
be used to create an elegant stain or patina, even in problem
woods! |
![](SS103_pics/Top_Secret_s.JPG) |
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